| 释义 |
tune-up orig. U.S.|ˈtjuːnʌp|
[f. vbl. phr. to tune up: see tune v. 8.]
1. The action, or an act, of tuning up (lit. and fig.).
1933Automotive Electrician Nov. 16 (heading) Analyzing the need for winter tune-up. 1959[see hot rod]. 1962Daily Tel. 17 Jan. 20/5 Parties begin on election tune-up... Preliminary moves to ‘tune-up’ the Conservative and Labour party machines for the next general election have already begun. 1968‘E. Lathen’ Stitch in Time viii. 71 He always does the tune-ups on Dr Neverson's sports cars. 1977Rolling Stone 16 June 12/1 They still take ten-minute tuneups between songs.
2. Sport (chiefly U.S.). An event that serves as a practice for a subsequent one.
1934Collier's 11 Aug. 48/3 Webb..intended starting Black Gold in a few tune-up races. 1940Sun (Baltimore) 19 Aug. 20/5 The rain..spoiled several attempts to stage an informal flying exhibit as a tuneup for the annual meet. 1946Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 10 Apr. 16/3 A couple of Purple Heart fighters..went along fine in easy tuneups. 1962Times 25 Apr. 4/5 Warburg, who must have benefited from his thorough tune-up against Hughes. 1979E. Newman Sunday Punch xx. 181 ‘When's Turner?’ ‘In about four months. I have a tune-up in Pittsburgh first.’ |